A 10-year follow-up review of percutaneous microcompression of the trigeminal ganglion.
Percutaneous microcompression of the trigeminal ganglion for the relief of trigeminal neuralgia is a technically simple, nonpainful procedure, carried out under brief general anesthesia. One hundred patients treated by this method have been followed for 1 to 10 years; treatment has been technically successful in 97% of cases. Relief persisted at five years in 80%, and it is estimated that at 10 years the figure will be 70%. There were no deaths, no cerebral damage, no keratitis, and no analgesia dolorosa; 4% of the patients reported dysesthesia.
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Section of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Illinois.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion / Q000503:physiopathology; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*